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Monday June 21, 2021

70% students feel remote studies more difficult: survey

A total of 70 per cent of university students feel it has become more difficult to study during the coronavirus epidemic, said the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in a press release on Wednesday referring to a survey. The survey of university and university of applied sciences

Published: 03:52 am,Wednesday 16 June 2021

Higher study in Finland not accessible equally

Higher education in Finland is not yet equally accessible for everyone and equal opportunities are not provided to all, said a report on government’s education policy published on Tuesday. There may be obstacles related, for example, to physical, psychological, social, regional or language accessibility which should be removed in

Published: 02:34 am,Tuesday 8 June 2021

6000 get admission to English-taught, art studies programmes

More than 6000 applicants were offered admission to higher education institutions’ English-taught study programmes and art study programmes, said the Finnish National Agency for Education in a press release on Monday. Compared to the last year, abut 1 000 more applicants were offered admission and there were about 1

Published: 00:40 am,Wednesday 2 June 2021

Finnish Science Award goes to Koskenniemi

The Finnish Science Award 2021 was granted to Martti Koskenniemi, Professor of International Law at the University of Helsinki, said the Ministry of Education and Culture in a press release on Tuesday. In his research, Koskenniemi brings together in a unique way the practical understanding of international law, emanating

Published: 15:01 pm,Wednesday 12 May 2021

Number of university degrees spikes in 2020

A total of around 35,800 university degrees were completed in Finland in 2020, according to the Statistics Finland. The number of degrees increased by 13 per cent year on year, said the Statistics Finland in a press release. The number of lower university degrees went up by 12 per cent

Published: 23:00 pm,Thursday 22 April 2021

Helsinki varsity enrols 1,246 to Int’l master’s courses

The University of Helsinki has admitted 1,246 students to international master’s programmes starting in autumn 2021, said the university in a press release on Thursday. In the application round that ended 15 January, the university received 7,401 applications from 150 different countries to the 35 international master’s programmes on

Published: 20:49 pm,Tuesday 20 April 2021

Helsinki Metropolitan Area resumes contact teaching on 3 May

The Helsinki Metropolitan Area coronavirus coordination group on Tuesday in a meeting outlined a controlled return to contact teaching and the opening of indoor hobby opportunities for persons aged 20 and younger. The decision is in line with the ‘children and young people first’ principle, to which the region

Published: 21:31 pm,Monday 19 April 2021

Number of polytechnic students rises by 4%

A total of 132,800 students attended education leading to a university of applied sciences (Polytechnic Institutes) degree in 2020, which is four per cent higher than that in the previous year, according to the Statistics Finland. The number of students attending education leading to a higher university of applied

Published: 19:47 pm,Sunday 11 April 2021

ViLLE aims to promote education amid pandemic

Collaborative online education platform "ViLLE," which won the 2020 edition of UNESCO's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Education Prize, aims to help promote education amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said the platform's developer, reported Xinhua. The platform has been designed to help decrease the global learning debt caused by

Published: 22:52 pm,Monday 5 April 2021

Comprehensive schools had 566,600 pupils in 2020

Comprehensive schools had 566,600 pupils in 2020, which is 0.4 per cent higher than that of a year before, according to Statistics Finland. Forty-nine per cent of the pupils were girls and 51 per cent were boys. A total of 371,400 pupils attended grades 1 to 6 of comprehensive

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